Summary:
ZIP code 97452 covers Lowell, a small community in Lane County, Oregon, and its four schools all belong to a single district, Lowell School District 71 — so any comparison here is a within-district comparison. The schools are Bridge Charter Academy (K–12, alternative), Lowell Junior/Senior High School (7–12), Lundy Elementary School (K–6), and Mountain View Academy (K–8). Combined enrollment is 1,038 students, and the largest single school is Bridge Charter Academy with 546 students — 52.6% of all students in the ZIP, more than the other three schools combined.
For academics, Lundy Elementary School leads the elementary schools, with the ZIP's highest all-grades ELA (54.5%) and math (39.6%), both above district and state, and the smallest classes at 12.2 students per teacher. Mountain View Academy is the attendance standout, with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 24.8% versus the state's 33.5%, plus solid ELA (52.2%) and math (35.9%). Bridge Charter Academy is the science and 11th-grade leader — 11th-grade ELA 61.1%, math 38.9%, science 64.0% — though its 6th-grade math is reported as under 5% and it has the highest student-to-teacher ratio at 27.3. Lowell Junior/Senior High School has the top graduation rate (90.0%) but the lowest proficiency on every subject at every grade band (ELA 29.6%, math 12.7%, science 10.0%).
Three takeaways for parents: poverty indicators are similar across schools (free/reduced lunch 69.6%–77.3%), yet absenteeism ranges from 24.8% to 39.2%, so attendance is not simply a poverty story. Science is the district's systemic weak point below 11th grade, with Bridge Charter's 11th-grade science the lone bright spot. Finally, per-student spending spans $3,430 to $21,481 and the same $3,430 figure appears for two schools, which looks like a reporting artifact — compare costs cautiously. With small grade cohorts, one class can swing a school's percentages sharply.
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